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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 549 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Two make one): Primary colours: red, yellow, blue — they cannot be mixed from other paints. Secondary colours: orange = red + yellow, green = blue + yellow, purple = red + blue. To find a missing colour, ask: which two primaries are inside this secondary colour?

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  1. 1.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  4. 4.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  5. 5.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  13. 13.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  19. 19.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) red
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  25. 25.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  26. 26.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  31. 31.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  34. 34.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  39. 39.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. red
  3. red
  4. green
  5. red
  6. orange
  7. yellow
  8. red and yellow
  9. True
  10. secondary colour
  11. green
  12. red
  13. orange
  14. green
  15. primary colour
  16. True
  17. 3
  18. orange
  19. False
  20. False
  21. True
  22. True
  23. red
  24. blue
  25. blue
  26. True
  27. False
  28. True
  29. green
  30. purple
  31. 3
  32. yellow and blue
  33. blue and yellow
  34. purple
  35. True
  36. True
  37. secondary colour
  38. yellow and red
  39. False
  40. True

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